2003/02/28 by Jeremy S. Heyl
Physics and Astronomy · #Apparent magnitude #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Gamma-ray burst #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #History and Developments in Astronomy #Light curve #Sky #Supernova #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1086/375699
published as Astrophys.J. 592 (2003) 401-403 · 8 pages, 1 figure, minor changes to reflect version accepted to Astrophys. J
arxiv created 2003/04/03 · openalex publication_date 2003/07/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The advent of large panoramic photometric surveys of the sky offers the possibly of exploring the association of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) with supernovae. To date, a few GRBs have been connected possibly with supernovae: GRB 980425-SN 1998bw, GRB 011121-SN 2001ke, GRB 970228, and GRB 980326. A combination of a large detection rate of GRBs and rapid coverage of a large portion of the sky to faint magnitude limits offers the possibility of detecting a supernova preceding an associated GRB or at least placing limits on the rate of association between these two phenomena and the time delay between them. This would provide important constraints on theoretical models for GRBs.